Mushroomy Inspiration

Did you know there’s such a thing as glowing mushrooms?

Dozens of species of bioluminescent fungi grow around the world. They produce light through a chemical reaction, sometimes lighting up the forest floor with an eerie green glow.

How awesome is that?!

How could you not want glowing mushrooms on a t-shirt?! 🙂

One of our original Soul Flower mushroom t-shirts

Our first print run of this Mushrooms design really looked like those glowing mushrooms. Since then, we’ve translated it to a few other shirt styles so everyone can get a taste of mushroomy goodness.

Another inspiration for this hand-drawn mushroom design was a collection of beautiful 19th-century mushroom and fungi illustrations. I loved their simplicity and how they showed off so many different mushroom varieties in a clean, non-muddy way.

When creating this design, I first sketched out a bunch of different styles of mushrooms. Then after digitizing the sketches, I added texture with little bitmapping dots that would be sure to show up on a screen print.

Sweet!

The mushroom design made its way onto several Soul Flower styles over the years, including scarves, dresses and tees.

Mushrooms may grow low to the ground, but a second look may be all it takes to realize that pretty much everything in nature is awesome. Especially if it glows!

Still feeling shroomy? Explore our current mushroom clothing and accessories for more fungi-inspired Soul Flower goodness.